Production Planning Job Trends in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
UK > UK excluding London

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in the UK excluding London requiring Production Planning skills. It covers vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 29 September 2025, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
29 Sep 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 515 623 545
Rank change year-on-year +108 -78 +276
Permanent jobs citing Production Planning 21 21 36
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 0.061% 0.040% 0.11%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.070% 0.050% 0.11%
Number of salaries quoted 12 12 16
10th Percentile £65,125 - £47,500
25th Percentile £69,063 £36,625 £50,875
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £73,750 £38,250 £56,000
Median % change year-on-year +92.81% -31.70% +1.82%
75th Percentile £75,000 £68,750 £77,500
90th Percentile - £103,850 £79,375
UK median annual salary £75,000 £70,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +7.14% +33.33% -22.22%

All Process and Methodology Skills
UK excluding London

Production Planning falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in the UK excluding London.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 29,871 42,085 31,648
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK excluding London 87.19% 79.17% 94.38%
Number of salaries quoted 15,914 21,706 23,307
10th Percentile £26,733 £30,000 £28,750
25th Percentile £32,500 £40,000 £39,978
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £47,500 £52,500 £54,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.52% -2.78% +2.86%
75th Percentile £64,750 £67,500 £68,750
90th Percentile £80,000 £80,000 £81,250
UK median annual salary £55,000 £58,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -5.17% -3.33% -

Production Planning
Job Vacancy Trend in the UK excluding London

Job postings citing Production Planning as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the UK excluding London.

Job vacancy trend for Production Planning in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
Salary Trend in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK excluding London citing Production Planning

Production Planning
Salary Histogram in the UK excluding London

Salary distribution for jobs citing Production Planning in the UK excluding London over the 6 months to 29 September 2025.

Salary histogram for Production Planning in the UK excluding London

Production Planning
Job Locations in the UK excluding London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Production Planning within the UK excluding London region over the 6 months to 29 September 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
South East +69 11 £75,000 -27.18% 2
North West +11 6 £75,000 +15.38% 3
North of England +7 6 £75,000 +96.08% 3
South West +61 3 £75,000 - 2
Midlands +54 2 £68,750 -14.06%
West Midlands +45 2 £68,750 -14.06%
Production Planning
UK

Production Planning
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the UK excluding London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (4.76%) Confluence
Applications
1 7 (33.33%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (47.62%) SAP PP
2 9 (42.86%) SAP S/4HANA
3 6 (28.57%) SAP IBP
4 3 (14.29%) SAP EHS
5 1 (4.76%) Oracle ERP
5 1 (4.76%) SAP MII
Cloud Services
1 7 (33.33%) Power Platform
2 6 (28.57%) Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (42.86%) SAP BW
2 7 (33.33%) Power BI
3 6 (28.57%) Data Lake
4 1 (4.76%) Power Query
Development Applications
1 1 (4.76%) JIRA
General
1 14 (66.67%) Manufacturing
2 5 (23.81%) Documentation Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (4.76%) Automotive
3 1 (4.76%) Social Skills
Job Titles
1 7 (33.33%) Analyst
2 6 (28.57%) Report Analyst
3 4 (19.05%) Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) Lead
3 4 (19.05%) SAP Consultant
3 4 (19.05%) SAP PP Consultant
4 3 (14.29%) Supply Chain Planner
5 2 (9.52%) SAP QM Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Data Analyst
6 1 (4.76%) SAP S/4HANA Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Senior
6 1 (4.76%) Senior Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Senior SAP Consultant
6 1 (4.76%) Senior SAP PP Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.76%) Virtual Team
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (33.33%) Analytics
1 7 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 7 (33.33%) Decision-Making
1 7 (33.33%) Problem-Solving
1 7 (33.33%) Quality Management
2 6 (28.57%) Data Cleansing
2 6 (28.57%) Data Modelling
2 6 (28.57%) Data-Driven Decision Making
2 6 (28.57%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 5 (23.81%) Test Scripting
4 4 (19.05%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (19.05%) ERP
4 4 (19.05%) Process Improvement
5 3 (14.29%) Change Control
5 3 (14.29%) OOD
5 3 (14.29%) SDLC
5 3 (14.29%) Supply Chain Planning
5 3 (14.29%) User Acceptance Testing
6 2 (9.52%) Logistics
7 1 (4.76%) Predictive Analytics
Programming Languages
1 1 (4.76%) ABAP
1 1 (4.76%) Python
1 1 (4.76%) SQL
1 1 (4.76%) VBA
Qualifications
1 6 (28.57%) Degree
2 1 (4.76%) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (28.57%) Data Quality
Vendors
1 21 (100.00%) SAP
2 1 (4.76%) Oracle